Tunisia Campaign Round 1

Turn 1 

January 1943, upon hearing of the allied Torch landings, the Deutsches Afrika Korps is forced to withdraw from Libya behind the Mareth line in order to protect their supply lines flowing from Tunis. Never one to give up the initiative, Italian Chef of the Defense Staff Darko attacks the allies across the entire Northern front from Beja to Kasserine. The battle for Tunisia has begun!

Map and Force Distribution

Table 1 Beja A

Ben vs Jordan 8-1

StuG's are in fact Semoventes

Table 2 Beja B

Dean vs Jack 8-1

German armoured cars routed British infantry and their American allies, who both proved unwilling to stay and fight in close quarters against them. A British parachute rifle firestorm unit was destroyed as a result of this battle. 

Table 3 No Retreat at El Kef

Tyler vs Gary 8-1

Heavy Italian bombardment weakened entrenched Americans enough for a concentrated light armor push and a lightning victory. A British humber armoured car firestorm unit was destroyed as a result of this battle.

Table 4 Kasserine North

Cynthia vs Marko 7-2

Cynthia: Germans flanked the Americans on the right with infantry and tanks.
Marko: First game ever says it all.

Table 5 Kasserine South

Kyle vs Morgan 3-6

Italians attack the American lines but the Americans and free French hold out long enough for their armour to show up and push the Italians back.

The allies are forced back across the entire front with heavy casualties, only the Southern Kasserine sector was able to hold out against the Axis onslaught. Next time we will cover turn 2, February and we will see if the Axis can maintain their momentum.

Tunisia Firestorm Campaign Introduction

Over the weekend of the 21st we ran our Firestorm Tunisia campaign. Hosted graciously at Sword and Board in Toronto, we had players both from the GTA and Ottawa. We adapted a campaign designed for V2 which raised some issues but it worked. More on the campaign rules themselves later, for now lets jump into introducing the players, their lists, and their self applied ratings.

Axis

Cynthia - Fierce Trained

German Panzer 3 company

    Panzer 3 short barrel HQ 5pts

4x Panzer 3 short barrel 20pts

3x Panzer 4 short barrel 18pts

Support

4x marders 16pts

Africa rifle Platoon with HMG and mortar 10pts

3x scout cars 1pts

Dean - Confident Veteran

German Armoured Car Company.

HQ 1 221 1

1 patrol (2/222/2/221) 3

1 patrol (2/222/2/221) 3

1 heavy patrol 2(231) 2

1 panzerjager platoon, 3 pak 38's 12

1 schutzen platoon (4 mg,1 ATR,1 HMG,1 8cm) 10

Support

4 Marder 3H 16

4 panzers 4. 24

Tyler - Pasta Veteran

Tank Company 

HQ 2pts

3x m14 6pts

6x Semovente 75mm with Elite card 26pts

Support

Legions of Rome Weapons Platoon with atg 6pts

3x AB41 scouts 2pts

1x ab41 observer 1pts

4x l6/40s (NON-SCOUT PROFILE) 4pts

1x 88m gun 6pts

1x 88m gun 6pts

Italian 75mm artillery battery (captured 25pdr profile) 12pts

Kyle - Untrained Trained

Bersaglieri Rifle Company

Rifle Company HQ – 1 pt

Rifle Platoon – 9 pts

Pazzaglia Bombs – 2 pts

Rifle Platoon – 5 pts

Legions of Rome – -2 pts

Assault Mortar Platoon – 5 pts

81mm Mortar Platoon – 5 pts

Tank Company

Tank Company HQ – 2

M14/41 Tank Platoon – 6 pts

M14/41 Tank Platoon – 6 pts

Support Units

88mm Anti-tank Battery – 6 pts

88mm Anti-tank Battery – 18 pts

47mm Anti-tank Platoon – 8 pts

Darko - Chef of the Defense Staff

Assault Eng. Company 39

HQ 1 

1st Platoon, Pazzaglia - Full 17

2nd Platton - Short 8 

Mortar Platoon 5

4x ATG, Legion 7 

Tank Company 17

HQ 2

3x m14 - Pietro Bruno 9

3x m14 6

Support

3x scout cars 2

weapons platoon, legion, ATG 6

8.8cm Flak 6

Viva Italia! 1

Ben -  Defeatist Veteran

Afrika Rifle Company

2pts – Africa Rifle Company HQ, 2x SMG teams

8pts – Africa Rifle Platoon, 4x MG teams, 1x2.8cm AT rifle, 1x HMG team

8pts – Africa Rifle Platoon, 4x MG teams, 1x2.8cm AT rifle, 1x HMG team

9pts – Africa Rifle Platoon, 4x MG teams, 1x2.8cm AT rifle, 1x 8cm mortar team

12pts – 5cm Tank Hunter Platoon, 3x PaK38 guns

Support

2pts – SD KFZ 231 Heavy Scout Troop, 2x Sd Kfz 231 armoured cars

30pts – Panzer IV Tank Platoon, 3x Panzer IV tanks with long 75mm guns

Allies

Jack - Reckless Conscript

Rifle Company

Rifle Company HQ: 2pts

9 stand rifle team: 11pts

7 stand rifle team: 8pts

3 bren carriers: 2pts

3 bren carriers: 2pts

4 Vickers: 4pts

2 6pdrs: 6pts

Support Units:

2 Churchill Mk3’s: 22pts

4 25 pdrs: 14pts

Gary - Noob Conscript

Motor company 

Motor Company HQ 2x SMLE Rifle Teams 2

Motor Platoon4x Bren Gun Teams, 1x Boys anti-tank Rifle & 1x 2" Mortar 8

Motor Platoon 4x Bren Gun Teams, 1x Boys anti-tank Rifle & 1x 2" Mortar 8

Universal Carrier Patrol 3x Universal Carrier 2

3-inch Mortar Section 2x 3-inch Mortar 3

6 pdr Anti-Tank Platoon 3x 6 pdr Gun 9

Support

Humber Armoured Car Troop 3x Humber 3

25 pdr Field Troop 4x 25 pdr Gun 14

Bofors Light AA Troop 3x Bofors 40mm AA Gun 4

Grant Armoured Troop 3x Grant (37mm & 75mm) 18

Marko - lvl 0 Conscript 

Sherman Tank Company

2x M4 Sherman HQ 16pt

4x M4 Sherman 32pt

3x Stuart 6pt

3x M4 81mm Mortar 2pt

1x Armoured Recon 3pt

Support

4x105mm arty 10pt

Charmed Life Command card 2pt

Morgan - Patriotic Veteran

Lee Company 40

HQ – 2 lees 10

3 lees 15

5 stuarts w/Courageous and faithful 12

Armoured recon patrol 3

Rifle Company 31

HQ – 2x carbine 1

Large rifle platoon w/LMG 9

Large Rifle Platoon 8

3x T30 Assualt guns w/Old Ironsides 5

6x Mortar w/No Mission too difficult 8

Jordan - Over Confident Veteran

Crusader Squadron

1 x HQ unit. (2 CS tanks, 1-2pdr) 5pts.

4 x Combat platoons (2-2pdrs, 1-6pdr) 24pts. (6 each)

Support

2 x Universal Carrier Patrols 4pts. (2 each)

1 x Rifle Platoon (full strength) 11pts.

4 x 25pdr royal horse guns 14pts.

2 x 17/25 pdr guns 8pts.

Planned Raid 3pts.

Artillery Expert 1pt.

Diversionary Tactics 1pt.

The Map

Over the next couple of days we'll be making a post for each of the five rounds of the campaign as well as the full rules we used along with our design notes for you to use and modify to your liking. Stay tuned for the campaign proper!